Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Rakitsa ja Pulkkatunturi marrashuurteessa - Rakitsa hill and Pulkkatunturi fell in frozen dew

The first snow in November comes oftern as thick frozen dew on tops of hills and fells. The phenomenon results from moist south-western winds that blow over open Gulf of Bothnia. The moist winds form supercool clouds when they rise higher in the nearer atmosphere. Frozen dew and later heavy frozen dew (Finnish: tykky) appear first in higher altitude areas, like the Varrio divide. The photo is taken from Varrio I fell towards east, over Rakitsa hill to Pulkkatunturi fell.